Category: Crime

COLUMBUS, OH – Stewart A. Miller, 48, of Sunbury, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of receipt of child pornography. Miller was a Columbus police officer prior

OMAHA – United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Christopher J. Tierney was sentenced on December 23, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp to a term of probation of

From the Ames Police Department, December 23, 2013: With the snow and cold and storm, our officers mostly dealt with issues related to weather. The snow ordinance was used and some cars

SAN CLEMENTE – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested a man at the San Clemente, California checkpoint on Interstate 5 for narcotics smuggling yesterday. At approximately 10:30 a.m., agents at the

Norfolk, VA – United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia, Robert W. Mathieson, announces the capture of Richard “Andy” Barnett. Mr. Barnett was wanted out of Norfolk, VA for taking

SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro port of entry Wednesday afternoon apprehended a 39-year-old man after he threw a “Molotov cocktail” at them. On December

Portal, N.D. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently targeted a rail container at the port of Portal, North Dakota. On November 16, CBP officers inspected the container and discovered

BALTIMORE, MD—David Ralph Fisher, age 43, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography and attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexually explicit activity. His ex-wife, Lori

IOWA CITY – Steven Bryan Hancock, an inmate assigned to the Iowa Medical and Classification Center, died Thursday December 19, 2013 at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Hancock Died of natural causes

DES MOINES, IA – Colin Boone, previously employed as an officer of the Des Moines, Iowa Police Department, was indicted on Tuesday, December 17, 2013, on the charge of deprivation of rights

FARGO – U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on December 16, 2013, Valentino Bagola, 20, of St. Michael, North Dakota, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson on two

San Luis, Ariz. – A Mexican national was arrested yesterday at the Port of San Luis after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered 1,041 pounds of marijuana co-mingled within a shipment

DES MOINES – David Deangelo Wise, an inmate assigned to the Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility, died Sunday December 15, 2013 at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Wise died of natural causes due

PORTLAND, Ore. – A Salem couple arrested last year after a nationwide alert by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seeking an unknown “Jane Doe” child pornographer, were

WASHINGTON – A man has been charged in federal court with attempting to explode a car bomb at Wichita Mid Continent Airport, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, John Carlin and

Jamaica, N.Y. — An arriving passenger at John F. Kennedy International Airport found herself in a “hairy” situation when she was confronted by U. S. Customs and Border Protection Officers. On November

DES MOINES – Election misconduct charges were recently filed by Muscatine County Attorney Alan R. Ostergren in two potential cases of voter fraud in Muscatine County. Charges of election misconduct in the

FORT WORTH, TX – Phillip Monroe Ballard, 72, of Fort Worth, has been convicted in the attempted murder-for-hire of a federal judge in Texas, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the

PENSACOLA, FL – United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced that Jeffrey B. Richards, age 63, of Milton, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with the distribution, receipt,

JACKSON, Miss. – An Atlanta man was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison Thursday for human trafficking and child pornography charges after he traveled to Mississippi, had sex with a 4-year-old

Norfolk, VA – United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia, Robert W. Mathieson, announces the capture of Jeffrey Martin. Mr. Martin was wanted out of Montgomery, AL for failure to

CORNING – Peter Wiley, age 32 of Creston, was charged Wednesday morning with Attempted Murder and Going Armed with Intent in Adams County from an incident that occurred Tuesday evening in Corning.

Posted by the Ames Police Department: Holy cow, the lengths these people will take. We have had a number of people report SCAMS to us again. One person reported that a person

Calexico, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Calexico downtown port of entry Wednesday discovered approximately $580,000 worth of hard narcotics concealed inside hidden compartments built into the

FARGO – U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on December 9, 2013, Jerome Louis Blackbird, Jr., of Devils Lake, North Dakota, was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson on

WASHINGTON – An information technology specialist working for the National Science Foundation (NSF) pleaded guilty late yesterday to theft of government property totaling more than $90,000, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili

Calexico, Calif. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Calexico, Calif. downtown port of entry yesterday discovered almost $600,000 worth of cocaine concealed inside a vehicle. The incident occurred

TUSCON, AZ – Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents remained vigilant during the Thanksgiving holiday as evidenced by the seizure of nearly $500,000 in illegal drugs. The first seizure occurred Nov. 26 in

MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Milwaukee, Wisconsin man has been charged in federal court for transportation for prostitution, coercion, and commercial sex trafficking. Thomas Alexander Roberts,

Waterloo – On Sunday, December 1, 2013 at approximately 6:30 PM, Waterloo Police were sent to the 500 block of Mildred on report of shots fired. Officers found that Tyler Nicholas Clark,

WASHINGTON – A former medical doctor was sentenced today to serve 20 years in prison for engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors in Kenya. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of

PITTSBURGH—A Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months’ imprisonment, followed by eight years’ supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J.

Steven Joshua Dinkle, former Exalted Cyclops of a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Ozark, Ala., was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 27, in Mississippi for burning a cross at the

Calexico, Calif. – Today, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector disrupted a human smuggling attempt resulting in the arrest of 10 illegal aliens. The incident occurred at approximately

Calexico, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Calexico downtown port of entry today discovered approximately eight pounds of methamphetamine concealed inside hidden compartments built into two vehicle

United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a couple from La Plant, South Dakota has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Rochelle Breckbill, a/k/a Rochelle LeBeau, age 25, and Henry